Source: Jerusalem Post Although Israel’s current security emphases following Operation Protective Edge lie most plainly in counter-terrorism operations, this should not obscure the Jewish State’s overriding obligation to deter WMD attacks by enemy...

Editor’s Note: IDF airstrikes will kill suspected Hamas terrorist targets.The civilian death count will be high. Essential public services such as electricity and water will be destroyed. Source: IDF Blog IDF has commenced Operation Protective...

Source: Defense Update Israel has phased out the AH-1S Cobra helicopter gunship, in favour of using more drones, the Reuters news agency reports. The increasing reliance on unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) has evolved through the years, as...

Source: israel hayom Being a member of Unit 504 is not for the faint of heart • This field interrogation unit gleans tactical, real-time information that changes battle plans and, most importantly, saves the...

Source: Jerusalem Post Ground forces make upgrades to prepare for war with Hezbollah; 40% of artillery rounds to be high-accuracy shells; Ground Forces planners are taking into account an enemy that...

Source: Israel Defense According to the IDF doctrine, the EW (Electronic Warfare) elements are a part of the fire delivery plan, and the elements of this layout operate close to the combat units,” explains Col....

Source: Jewish Journal The LAPD-Israel bond was in large part fused by former LAPD Chief William Bratton, who made official trips to Israel to learn about the country’s advanced counter-terrorism tactics during his...

Source: Israel Defense Forces In the 21st Century, wars are being fought electronically. The Israel Air Force is developing electronic warfare capabilities on land and in the air, to make sure they always...

Source: Gatestone Institute Israeli military planners say the Syrian arena has become intrinsically linked to Lebanon. Commanders are telling their units that war could erupt — swiftly and unpredictably — tomorrow, and to...

Source: Jerusalem Post On both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border, the IDF and Hezbollah are quietly and intensively preparing for the next clash between them, a conflict both expect will surpass previous wars,...

Source: Jerusalem Post Media outlets broadcasting from Kenya are stubbornly and repeatedly reporting on the presence of Israeli “special forces,” who they say have helped in efforts to end the Islamist terror attack...

Source: Jerusalem Post Battalion commanders in the infantry are expected to play decisive roles in future wars, and as such, the army is equipping them with a revolutionary command-and-control system that will give...

Source: 972Mag A laboratory is a site where scientists conduct experiments under controlled conditions – a space where large-scale phenomena such as hurricanes are miniaturized and tiny objects such as microbes are magnified...

Source: Algemeiner The Israel Defense Force has created a new northern regional division to stop any spillover from the Syrian civil war or violation of the cease-fire line in the Golan Heights, IDF...

Source: Shanghai Daily The Israeli military offered Monday a peek into one of its most secretive bases, which houses a newly established unit tasked with defending its own networks against mounting attacks launched...

Source: HS Today What will tomorrow’s wars look like? What was once considered science fiction is fast becoming a reality. The characteristics of the battlefield of the future will demand an even faster...

Source: WP Israeli military and Syrian regular army troops exchanged fire early Tuesday along the cease-fire line in the occupied Golan Heights, an area that has become a potential flash point for spillover...

Source: JP IN THE shadows, away from the public glare, several elite combat units operate to safeguard Israel’s security. Some gather intelligence behind enemy lines, others are sent to secure a strategic site,...

Source: JP Middle East power vacuums are fuel for war. A withdrawal of Assad’s army from across the Golan Heights, and fierce clashes between Hizbullah and Syrian rebels, threaten Israel on both northern...

Source: LG Iran and Hezbollah have built a 50,000-strong parallel force in Syria to help prolong the life of the Damascus regime and to maintain their influence after Assad’s fall, Israel‘s military intelligence chief has claimed. Major General Aviv...

Source: JPost A communications system is being introduced into the IDF’s ground forces that is set to revolutionize the way the army engages the enemy and interacts with its units on the battlefield....

Source: Jerusalem Post The IDF Spokesman’s Office is preparing for the next war, in which the swiftness of its response will be key, Brig.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai, the IDF Spokesman, says. Speaking to the...

Source: Independent The US Army Corps of Engineers plans to supervise construction of a five-story underground facility for an Israel Defense Forces complex, oddly named “Site 911,” at an Israeli Air Force base...

Source: Times of Israel Israeli special forces are deployed in Gaza searching for hidden rockets and weapons, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday, amid fears that a desperate Hamas might affix chemical weapons...

Source: Telegraph The raids came as Benjamin Netanyahu indicated Israel may launch a ground invasion into Gaza, after a weekend of escalating cross border violence. The overnight air raids targeted a smuggling tunnel...

Source: Jerusalem Post The Institute for National Security Studies held a war game recently in which players representing regional actors simulated the first 48 hours after an IDF strike on the Islamic Republic....

Source: Telegraph The Jewish state is facing a dire shortage of “cyber-combat troops” and is scouring the Jewish Diaspora for exceptional, teenage computer minds to recruit to its cyber unit Intelligence Corps Unit...

Source: AP/Times of Israel An Israel airstrike was behind the explosion last Wednesday at a Sudanese weapons factory, and that attack was a “dry run for a forthcoming attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities,”...

Source: Reuters If Israel bombed a Sudanese munitions factory, as Khartoum alleges, the raid was part of its widening proxy war against Islamist militants in neighbouring Egypt which the Jewish state is reluctant...

Source: IBT The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have launched surprise military exercises on the Golan Heights, on the border with Lebanon and Syria, as tensions continue to grow in the region. The exercise...

Source: Jerusalem Post The IDF plans to establish an elite reconnaissance unit with a high level of maneuverability for providing logistical support for military forces operating behind enemy lines. Under a plan drafted...

Source: Haaretz Thirty years after the outbreak of the first Lebanon war, soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces’ Givati Brigade are training to fight in the same conditions that Givati troops faced during...

Nano drones that an infantryman can pull out of his pocket; helicopters piloted by robots who extract wounded soldiers from the battlefield; micro satellites on demand; large spy balloons in the upper reaches...

Source: Al Arabiya/AFP Israeli forces are carrying out more special operations beyond the country’s borders and will be ready to attack Iran’s nuclear sites, Gaza and Lebanon if ordered, the chief-of-staff said in...

Relevant: A world map without Lebanon Operation Cast Lead Source: Haaretz Almost six years after the Second Lebanon War, special Israeli units are preparing to take part in mass incursions into Lebanon...